A tool to calculate the environmental and economic impact of different ways to collect and process organic waste. The tool contains calculations for waste generation, transport, waste processing and application/ substitution.

While the consumption of plastic by marine wildlife is well-studied, it is less so for terrestrial species. Anthropogenic pollution is an ever-increasing threat to the natural environment, and this is also the case in South Africa. Creating awareness and management strategies to decline the availability …

This research analysed the extent of brand awareness between DIYS Soap, Lush and Holland & Barrett and advised how can DIYS Soap improve its brand awareness in the Dutch market. DIYS Soap is a social entrepreneurship start-up based in Amsterdam which sells personal care products at a relatively high price …

The 'AgroCycle' project investigates whether a cooperation of farms can become self-sufficient in energy and fertilization by using manure and organic waste streams for the production of energy, green fuel and green fertilizers by means of anaerobic digestion (AD). In the project, the project partners …

This final research is conducted as a bachelor thesis of the programme Delta Management at the HZ University of Applied Sciences in Vlissingen, Netherlands and is executed at the Coastal Conservation Institute (ICC) in the coastal municipality of São Sebastião in Brazil. The municipality is located on …

We, humans have our roots in pre-Anthropocene eras where we gathered skills for survival and establishing our culture. The cumulated tacit knowledge, the skills, ideas and experiences that can only be shared by personal contact and mutual trust, is evolved and cumulated during this pre-Anthropocene era. …

Presentatie van onderzoeksmethodologie

Researchposter which describes a researchproject supervised by dr. ir. A.J. Smit. The main goal of this project is to develop business model patterns for the economic viable production of biogas for restaurants and breweries. Actual projects with breweries in Groningen are used to collect data in order …

The future energy system could benefit from the integration of independent gas, heat and electricity infrastructures. Such a hybrid energy network could support the increase of intermittent renewable energy sources by offering increased operational flexibility. Nowadays, the expectations on Natural Gas …

Wat zijn de mogelijkheden voor de decentrale verwerking van organische reststromen? Levert het lokaal verwerken van materialen als gft-afval, snoeiafval, horeca-afval en gewasresten in brede zin meer op dan afvoer naar grootschalige verwerkers? Die vraag staat centraal in het project RE-ORGANISE, geleid …